Cliffside death in Palos Verdes Estates investigated as possible suicide

Officers came across a car parked illegally in the 1300 block of Palos Verdes Drive West about 9:30 p.m. Sunday and determined it was associated with a missing person, Palos Verdes Estates police Capt. Tony Best said.

Officers, along with Redondo Beach Harbor Patrol officers and a Sheriff's Department helicopter searched the area, but could not find anything.

Sheriff's deputies returned at 7:30 a.m. Monday and discovered the body located between the cliff's edge and the shoreline in the 1400 block of Paseo del Mar.

The Coroner's Department, which is investigating the death, described the man as white and in his 30s. His next of kin had not been notified through midafternoon. The man was reported missing to Redondo Beach police.